Readme file for �Mind the gap: A review of simulation designs for QCA�

All tables in the manuscript and appendix can be reproduced with the following files:

- kcp2015.R: Annotated R script for reproduction of tables in manuscript and appendix. Tables in the manuscript and appendix are specifically linked to segments of the script. The script includes three set.seed() commands to ensure reproducibility of the simulations involving random conditions. 

All data files have been taken from Krogslund, Choi and Poertner�s Dataverse (http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27100) supplementing their article: Krogslund, Chris, Donghyun Danny Choi and Mathias Poertner (2015): Fuzzy Sets on Shaky Ground: Parameter Sensitivity and Confirmation Bias in Fsqca. Political Analysis 23 (1): 21-41.
The script contains a command line allowing you to include the working directory comprising the data files.

- koenig_2004.csv: Original data by Koenig-Archibugi (Koenig-Archibugi, Mathias (2004): Explaining Government Preferences for Institutional Change in Eu Foreign and Security Policy. International Organization 58 (1): 137-174)
- koenigsa_2004.csv: Modified data by Koenig-Archibugi (see appendix for details)
- Samford2010set.csv: Original data by Samford (Samford, Steven (2010): Averting "Disruption and Reversal": Reassessing the Logic of Rapid Trade Reform in Latin America. Politics & Society 38 (3): 373-407)
- ahnlee2012.csv: Original data by Ahn/Lee (Ahn, Sang-Hoon and Sophia Seung-yoon Lee (2012): Explaining Korean Welfare State Development with New Empirical Data and Methods. Asian Social Work and Policy Review 6 (2): 67-85)

- model_2_sim.csv (random condition data for Ahn/Lee)
- model_sim.csv (random condition data for Samford)
- ka_model_1_sim.csv (random condition data for Koenig-Archibugi)

The script was written and executed with R Studio 0.99.473 and R 3.2.2 on a Lenovo T430 with Windows 7.
Running the script requires the R package �QCA� that is not pre-installed. The script was implemented with package version 1.1-4. The script contains a command line allowing users to install the script.

